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Parking space safety threat

I'm a Grade 10 student living in St. George, and I'm writing to address a problem in the community that I've noticed is getting worse. There's an on-street parking space in front of 29 Main St., and, when a vehicle is parked there, you can't see well enough to safely cross the road. This intersection is one of the busiest in St. George and it doesn't have a stoplight. So, it's dangerous for any of the kids walking to and from school or people coming from the post office.

When I attended St. George German School, there were many times that we would go five or 10 minutes out of our way just to avoid crossing there because we knew it was a dangerous intersection when a vehicle was parked in that spot. My little sisters and I have been nearly been hit many times crossing there.

There's a lot of parking available on Main, as well as a parking lot right across from the post office, so it's not as if this parking spot is crucial.

Is there something that can be done to remove the parking spot and make the intersection safer for students, pedestrians and drivers?

Mikaela Hart

St. George

Trudeau's ineptitude has real consequences

PM Justin Trudeau's India trip is unlike the Trans-Pacific partnership trade fiasco, where he upset Japan's prime minister by doing a no-show, and it is unlike the Chinese fiasco, where he came home empty-handed. This Liberal disaster has real bite because the PM's actions negatively affected the entire Canadian population.

We are embarrassed by his fancy dress parade but, more than that, we are mortified and fearful of the violent extremism that penetrated the government. The previous PM's failures caused embarrassment to him and his party, but this one has made us all cringe, multiple times. This trip will not quickly be forgotten - or forgiven.

Marcia Falconer

Nepean, Ont.

Why do we neglect Syria?

The Syrian war continues, yet there is hardly any news about it in the mainstream media. It is almost like the war has been forgotten. Or that the western world tried but can't do much other than provide ammunition.

How many times have we heard that "Assad must go, Assad's days are numbered, Assad must step aside"? The Syrian leader is not going anywhere, his days are not numbered and he is not going to step aside. He will stay, as he had said many times.

Syrian people are the victims of this war and they are paying a heavy price. Yet the war is outside the focus for mainstream media. Very sad.